Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Empowering Patient Safety Outreach Through Interprofessional Partnerships: Educating Our Communities, Chris Childs, A. Faltinek, L. Heinz, Linda Walton, L. Zipperer

Linda J. Walton

No abstract provided.

Crisis, Tragedy And Recovery Network Case Study: Iowa City Flood Archive, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

The rapidly expanding digital library network Crisis, Tragedy and Recovery (CTR) was funded in 2009 by the National Science Foundation through a three year grant. CRT captures and stores information for spontaneous events so users can access, search, analyze, and study these collections and learn from events and tragedies that happen around the world and across cultures and languages.

The panel will discuss the need for this distributed digital library and the project’s objectives, as well as some of the challenges faced. Topics will include lessons learned, best practices, and the connections between automated text mining, storytelling technologies, expert recommendations, …

Heroes And Heroines Of Zion: An Oral History Of Utah Peace Activists, Kathryn French, Catherine Mcintyre

Catherine McIntyre

No abstract provided.

Improving Medical Students’ Learning Outcomes: Teaching A Web-Assisted Elective Course For Fourth-Year Medical Students, Misa Mi, Marlene Porter, Jolene Miller, Jodi Jameson, Jerry Natal

Jolene M. Miller

Since 1997, the Mulford Health Science Library at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus (formerly the Medical College of Ohio) has been offering a 3-credit-hour elective course for 4th year medical students. The goal of the course is to provide students with skill sets that are important for them to develop as current students and future health care practitioners. It has been the goal of the library to constantly update course content that would be relevant to the students and to seek innovative course delivery methods to enhance the students’ learning experience. A continuous improvement cycle also calls for …

Using Digital Primary Sources For Teaching K-12, Cheryl Walters, Heather Leary, Anne Diekema, Sheri Haderlie

Heather Leary, Ph.D.

USU faculty and northern Utah K-12 teachers and library media specialists talk about how to identify and integrate digital primary sources such as photographs, letters, diaries, interviews and more into the curriculum to create engaging lessons. Digital resources such as the Library of Congress' American Memory, Mountain West Digital Library, and Utah Digital Newspapers, as well as tools for organizing the digital objects will be discussed.

Grad Students' Information Seeking: What We Need To Know, Marg Sloan, Kim Mcphee

Marg Sloan

Canadian graduate student enrollment is increasing and academic librarians must support this diverse group. How do graduate students approach research? What are their stumbling blocks? What do they need from librarians in order to succeed? We spoke to graduate students in the social sciences and have uncovered the answers to these questions. In this session, we will share the results of our research which have both informed and streamlined our instruction practice.

Going The Distance: Creating An Elibrary For Non-Traditional Students, Gerald R. Natal, Phoebe J. Ballard, Bridget Faricy-Beredo, Misa Mi, Elaine M. Reeves, Arjun Sabharwal

Gerald R Natal

Librarians and staff at the University of Toledo Libraries endeavored to create a virtual library (eLibrary) utilizing Blackboard, the web-based course management system, to provide unique services to distance-learners.

Open & Mobile Equipment, Timothy J. Rowley

Timothy J Rowley

This was a "Lightning Presentation" about making cutting edge technology available to university students.

Student Staff: A Village Philosophy, Lisa Caughron

Lisa Caughron

No abstract provided.

Integrating An Opencourseware And Institutional Repository, Heather Leary, Brett Shelton

Heather Leary, Ph.D.

This presentation was given at the 2009 Open Education Conference in Vancouver, BC. It shows how and why Utah State University chose to archive their OpenCourseWare. This was done in their Institutional Repository, DigitalCommons@USU. The presentation emphasizes the importance of the Open Education community to work with Librarians.

Scientists’ Understanding Of The Public: Changing Perceptions In A Volunteer Computing Project, Peter Darch

Peter Darch

No abstract provided.

Getting Boys To Read: A Look At The Research And The Books They Love, Carrie Lynn Cooper Dean Of Libraries, Kathy Cox Watson

Kathy Cox Watson

This session focuses on what the research says about males as readers and introduces the audience to great boy books and other types of text that appeals to male readers. The presenters have chosen titles from the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards program that are of interest to young male readers. Presenters also introduce and promote Kentucky’s children’s choice reading program, the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards. To misquote George Ella Lyon, the presenters woudl like to get boys to "shake hands with a book."

“Sharing Funds, Resources, And Responsibilities Across Libraries: A Pilot Program In Nursing”, Rob Kairis, Kay Downey

Rob Kairis

No abstract provided.

Exploring Galileo: Search Strategies And Teaching Tips For Teachers, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.

Gender, Generation, And Toxicity: The Implications For Academic Libraries Of Gender And Generational Attitudes Toward Competition And Workplace Behavior, Mary Freier

Mollie Freier

No abstract provided.

Working The Social: Twitter And Friendfeed, Laura Carscaddon, Colleen Harris

Laura Carscaddon

No abstract provided.

Empowering Patient Safety Outreach Through Interprofessional Partnerships: Educating Our Communities, Chris Childs, A. Faltinek, L. Heinz, Linda Walton, L. Zipperer

Chris A. Childs

No abstract provided.

Stylus, Heather James

Heather James

No abstract provided.

Embedded Librarianship: A Mel Example, Kelly Evans, Hal Kirkwood

Hal P Kirkwood Jr

No abstract provided.

Gender, Generation, And Toxicity: The Implications For Academic Libraries Of Gender And Generational Attitudes Toward Competition And Workplace Behavior, Mary Freier, Terrence Bennett, Ann Riley

Mollie Freier

No abstract provided.

Little Boats, Big Catch: Institutional Repositories At Small Institutions, Melissa Nykanen

Melissa Nykanen

No abstract provided.

Library Faculty Workload: A Round Peg In A Square Hole, Valeria Long, Lynn Sheehan

valeria long

Use Of Library Resources In Blended Learning, Stefanie Warlick

Stefanie E Warlick

No abstract provided.

Hospital Uses Ppeca "Train The Trainer" Program To Help Community Groups Empower Patients, Chris Childs, R. Reimer

Chris A. Childs

No abstract provided.

Internet Taste Test, Amanda Izenstark, Mary Macdonald

Amanda Izenstark

Provides lesson plan for information literacy classes on evaluating the quality of web sites. Requires students to draw on their own experience and knowledge of indicators of quality information to build a set of criteria. Students then apply criteria to selected sites. Further information about the book is available at http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2721.

100 Books For Understanding Contemporary Japan, Mary Freier

Mollie Freier

The Nippon Foundation has a fund available for getting books about Japan (they have a list of 100). We received 39 of the books free of charge. No actual monetary value was given.

Who’S On Next? Early-Career Librarian Participation In Professional Associations, Stefanie Warlick

Stefanie E Warlick

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Japanese Undergraduate Students’ Information Behavior During Academic Tasks In A Canadian University, Yusuke Fitzgibbons, J Bartlett

Yusuke Fitzgibbons (Ishimura)

No abstract provided.

“Engineering & Technology” Section, G. Berard

G. Lynn Berard

Magazines for Libraries provides more than 6,076 full-text reviews and recommendations from nearly 200 subject specialists. Libraries of all types -- public, university, college, junior college, school, and special -- benefit directly from this critical evaluation of journals, magazines, and databases to create and maintain quality collections of all sizes.

This Is An Independently Managed Website. The Views Expressed In The Pages Are Those Of The Contributors And Not Necessarily Those Of The Cape Peninsula University Of Technology

Roldah Adams

No abstract provided.